Weird…the calls are coming in, but the critters are either stunned and just need a few hours to regroup, which can be done without my intervention, or they’re in such bad shape that they don’t even make to me. Welcome to a rehabber’s autumn, where we never know if we’ll be slammed or twiddling our thumbs! So once again, the only critter in need of updated info is the barred owl who underwent surgery two weeks ago to place a pin in his broken wing. As you’ll recall, last Sunday’s update saw this feathered “darling” recovering well, with an incision that was healing nicely. It was, however, too soon for an x-ray. Friday the 19th was two weeks to the day since his surgery, so we figured an x-ray was in order. It was pretty obvious looking at the wing that a callus was indeed forming, but the x-ray confirmed what our eyes could see. His wing is healing beautifully thus far! Below you can see how well the incision is healing and take a gander at his latest x-ray, as well as “ooh and ahh” over what a gorgeous and photogenic fellow he is.

LOL, yeah: "This crazed woman kept me captive for weeks, shoving these round things in my beak and dousing my wing with this hissy thingy--it was torture, I tell you! Avoid humans at all costs!" He hates his syringe-fuls of meds, and he REALLY hates the soothing spray I use on his incision site...but most of all, he hates ME!